UNIVERSE
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
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Who was the first American in space?
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John Glenn
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Alan Sheppard
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Neil Armstrong
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Yuri Gargarin
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Alan Shepard Jr., a Navy Commander and one of NASA’s first seven astronauts, became the first American to travel into space on May 5, 1961.
Detailed explanation-2: -Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first human in space. His vehicle, Vostok 1 circled Earth at a speed of 27, 400 kilometers per hour with the flight lasting 108 minutes.
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